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In a nutshell.

Very passionate lancy lol, In full agreement though Gary, I didn't see the initial incident and can only assume that the lino didn't either. You can only give what you see and thats what happend. Like I said, good luck for the remainder of the season. It was nice to be back watching proper football today, rather than the Premiership pantomine. Pub time now.

Joe No one is saying that Gregan did not get kicked before he reacted. I never saw it, so if he did it would only be penalised if any official had seen it, obviously not the case. I agree with you about the yellow card and fully expected to see a red one produced, I can only tell you the answer I was given, in truth the club, Gregan and supporters should be grateful that it was only a yellow and not an automatic 3 match ban. My own take on it, and I used to referee at a decent standard, is that the referee and his assistant have decided to use a bit of common sense and would deem the penalty awarded as harsh enough a punishment under the circumstances. A bit of common sense at times is a great asset, but that is just my own thoughts. The bottom line is that irespective of what happend to Gregan he should not have throttled the Millwall player, although in the heat of the moment red mist can descend and make players do these things. Gregan was the best player out there today, yet his actions may have cost you 3 points.

I have no idea no, as soon as I saw the hands around the lads neck I watched the response of the lino. Anyway, sincere good luck for the rest of the season. Never had anything but good days out at your place, and I know what its like when your team are in decline.

Without going into detail the offence was seen as aggresive rather than violent conduct, hence yellow and not red. Without sounding awful here, what the eff has happend to Oldham over the last few years? Your a shadow of the club who I used to watch the Tigers play.

Unfortunatley if the offence is in the area, irrespective of where the ball was it is a penalty. Believe me, Im no friend of Millwall, as a Hull fan I detest that club, but the decision was the correct one.

Guys, I was at the game today as a complete neutral and if you never saw the incident I wouldn't blame you as the ball was up the other end. Not sure how it started but the lino saw Gregan put both his hands around the Millwall lads neck, inside the area. I also saw it and really it left him with no option other than to award a penalty. I know the lino and have since asked why it wasn't a red card offence and he came back with a reply which makes sense although Im not really sure that I should put his answer on here. The penalty issue aside, you only have your own finishing to blame for not having the game sewn up by half time. If you can get Abbot scoring for you then you will be fine, otherwise its going to be a long hard struggle.